commentarymagazine.com - 3/26/2009
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Here is something that was utterly predictible: the allegations, aired so solemnly over the past couple of weeks, first in Haaretz and then in above-the-fold stories in the New York Times , that IDF soldiers in Gaza killed civilians in cold blood turn out to be…well, of course, fabrications. Or ...
haaretz.com - 3/21/2009
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haaretz.com —
Less than a month after the end of
Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, dozens of...
graduates of the Yitzhak Rabin pre-military preparatory program convened at Oranim Academic College in Kiryat Tivon. Since 1998 the program has prepared participants ...
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'Shooting and crying' - Haaretz - Israel News
ynetnews.com - 3/20/2009
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ynetnews.com —
'It is true that in war morality can
be interpreted in many different ways, and there are...
always a few idiots who act inappropriately, but most of the troops represented Israel honorably,' soldier says in response to claims of immoral behavior during ...
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IDF soldiers refute claims of immoral conduct in Gaza - ...
camera.org - 3/26/2009
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camera.org —
The brigade commander of the unit linked to
alleged wanton killings in Gaza launched his own investigation...
after hearing of the charges, speaking with actual eyewitnesses, all of whom said that the alleged killings did not took place. The original ...
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Charges of IDF "Wanton Killing" Crumble
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George Bisharat on War Crimes in Gaza
The Moderate Voice —
... today by George Bisharat, the U.S. academic whose professional mission is the indictment of Israel for war crimes, no matter how implausible. His piece starts with a lie that the Times itself had an important hand in promoting: ...
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